The failed attempt to blow up the airliner Christmas Day in Detroit has me asking this question .... How much personal privacy are you willing to give up to enhance your safety?
Northwest Airlines Bomb Photos - ABC News
First of all I realize we cannot be 100% safe ever. That being said, we need to realize we are at war. It seems to me the vast majority of Americans have forgotten that... Maybe I'm wrong.
Personal body scan technology exists and is much more thorough than a simple metal detector, why are we not using it? It's too intrusive, it violates my personal privacy etc. etc. etc. that's all crap....
The recent terrorist paid $3000 cash for a international flight and had no luggage ! I never claimed to be a rocket scientist but don't you believe this warranted some type of special attention?
We simply got lucky that the detonator failed. And after the attack where was our president? On vacation in Hawaii, playing golf and tennis..... did he return to the White House? No. How about the vice president, no he was in the Caribbean..... do you think the troops in Afghanistan and Iraq get to take Christmas vacation? I know my two nephew's don't....
How about this, Obama and Joe when one of you go on vacation, the other one stays in Washington. Just in case the nation needs something on the weekend. It may only be a matter of perception, but let's send a message we are all on the same team, making sacrifices... after all we are war.
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As someone whose husband works for TSA, I can tell you that had the guy booked his flight here in the States, he would have been flagged for extra screening.
Any passenger booking one way flights, last minute flights or purchasing a flight that expensive, gets flagged for extra screening.
HOWEVER, since he boarded in Amsterdam and stopped no where in the States, there was little we could do to protect our own.
As far as the new machines, the TSA are looking into purchasing some of these machines and installing them throughout the country. But, as there are a ton of airports in this country and these machines cost over $3,000 a piece, that is likely to happen no time in the near future. There is currently a system that is being tried out in these scanners that will allow for private areas and faces to be blurred out. Also, these images are not seen by anyone in public view. They screens are behind closed doors with only one operator being able to see the images.
Do I care if I had to go through one of these, no, but as we all know, there are people out there who will scream and yell and claim foul so every precaution needs to be made.
As it is, since this incident has happened, TSA and Dept. of Homeland Security, has instilled new security measures for those boarding flights to the States from overseas. Obviously, we cannot control what happens in these airports abroad and will have to rely on them to "do the job they are to do" correctly.
From http://www.tsa.gov
"TSA is mandating that every individual flying into the U.S. from anywhere in the world traveling from or through nations that are state sponsors of terrorism or other countries of interest will be required to go through enhanced screening. The directive also increases the use of enhanced screening technologies and mandates threat-based and random screening for passengers on U.S. bound international flights."
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